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The information below will help you keep abreast of all the latest research from around the world on diversity and inclusion. You can use the filters above to find something that you are specifically looking for either via year published, or by keyword.

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Why Are Poor Women Poor?

12 September 2019

Our feel-good narratives put the burden back on the oppressed and let rich countries off the hook.

New Studies Show More Women Making Economic Gains

12 September 2019

A number of new studies about women’s roles in the workplace and relationships to money continue to paint a two-steps forward, one-step backward picture. Overall, this latest batch of metrics shows that while more women are getting college degrees and expanding their earning power, most do not understand how to maximize this newfound financial status. Without learning how to grow and wield the power of the purse, women will continue to cede ground to men.

Ask Catalyst Express: The Gender Pay Gap

5 September 2019

The gender pay gap is a global challenge created by issues affecting pay equity and pay parity. Pay equity means equal pay for work of equal value. Pay parity means that there are equal numbers of women and men represented at each pay level across the organization. Both pay equity and pay parity need to be addressed to close the gap. The pay gap affects all women, although women from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups experience the largest gap.

Female leadership: It’s so much more than quotas or social experiments

5 September 2019

Female leadership: It’s so much more than quotas or social experiments Neo Selepe 2019-08-29 23:45 Good leadership is about bringing more to the table than your skills or qualifications, it is about incorporating the whole self. Picture: iStock/Gallo Images
It is no secret – when women are given the space to lead, and are supported sufficiently, organisations transform into productive places that inspire both males and females to thrive, fulfil their mandate and reach their goals.